# N51853: 1978 Texas Helicopter OH-13H/M74A, registration cancelled 2018-02-28

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 28, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Texas Helicopter OH-13H/M74A](https://openairdocs.org/model/texas-helicopter-oh-13h-m74a) (registry code 8930105)
- Engine: [Lycoming VO-435 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (registry code 41525)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H7SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H7SW), [TCDS E-279](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-279) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 78-021
- Year built: 1978
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Restricted, agriculture and pest control, forest, aerial surveying, patrolling
- Airworthiness date: May 17, 2000
- Certificate issued: January 26, 2005
- Last registry action: April 8, 2013
- Mode S code: A6824A
- Owner when cancelled: [Oleen Gary E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/OLEEN%20GARY%20E)
- Location: [Saint Cloud, MN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MN/Saint%20Cloud)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 45.5304° N, 94.0572° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 56304, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51853
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=51853
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51853-2018-02-28

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Texas Helicopter OH-13H/M74A: https://openairdocs.org/model/texas-helicopter-oh-13h-m74a.md

## NTSB investigations (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN14LA418](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA418), May 28, 2014: Texas Helicopter OH 13H/M74A (N51853), Little Falls, MN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a tree at the edge of a field that he was spraying.
- [NTSB LAX81DUK10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUK10), Sep 25, 1981: Texas Hel OH-13H (N51853), Yuma, AZ, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20140528007559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140528007559A), May 28, 2014: Texas Helicopter Corp OH-13H/M74A (N51853), Fort Ripley, MN, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. While conducting aerial application on a field the aircraft tail rotor made contact with a tree, traveled approximately 70 yards and crashed into the roof of a…
- [Accident 19810925064169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810925064169A), Sep 25, 1981: Bell OH13HTEXHELI (N51853), Yuma, AZ, Substantial damage. Struck telephone wires on pullup from a spray run. Wires tangled in main rotors.

## Other aircraft with N51853

- [Cancelled 1954-06-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51853-1954-06-10): Fairchild M-62A, S/N 5623AE. Owner: [Montoux Gene Francis](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MONTOUX%20GENE%20FRANCIS), [Levittown, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Levittown)

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.